Sara Hall will contend for a spot on the U.S. Olympic marathon team on February 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. Here are some fast facts about her. (To see all of our brief profiles of trials contenders, go here[1].)

Sara Hall will attempt her third marathon in less than a year at the Olympic Trials. A new mom of four adopted daughters, she and her husband, Ryan Hall, have made training a family affair. Photo Run

Trials outlook: The 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials will be Hall’s third attempt at the distance in less than a year. She debuted at 26.2 miles in March at the 2015 Los Angeles Marathon, which also served as the U.S. marathon championships. She finished the race, which took place in unusually warm temperatures, in a disappointing 2:48:02, but rallied to place in the top 20 at the world cross-country championships just two weeks later.

Hall came back to run the 2015 Chicago Marathon in October, just days after she and husband, Ryan Hall, who is also training for the trials, brought their four newly adopted daughters home to Redding, California, from Ethiopia. Becoming a mom during peak training didn’t seem to hinder her efforts—she finished 10th in 2:31:14 and said she still had something “left in the tank.”

Now that she has a more successful marathon under her belt and has had time to settle in with her expanded family, it’s likely Hall could see another breakthrough in the marathon. With the experience she’s gained over the past year, she could reach the sub-2:30 milestone. Will that be good enough to make the team? Probably not. “For me, it’s about running my best race and hopefully that’s good enough,” she says.

Fun fact: With two new parents preparing for the marathon trials, life in the Hall house can get hectic. They often take their daughters to the track to make training a family affair. “Ryan and I alternate our workouts where we’re just supporting each other on the days that we’re not doing hard workouts,” Hall says. “So far it has just been really fun and not as invasive to the training as I thought I might be.”